Susan Scott Peterson
Morning Edition ProducerSusan Scott Peterson is an audio producer and writer whose journalism, radio and literary work have appeared with Vox Media, New Hampshire Public Radio, Allegheny Front, The Texas Observer and The Rumpus. She produces longform oral history interviews for her business Extra/Ordinary Stories.
Before moving to Pittsburgh, she directed environmental sustainability for an affordable housing nonprofit in Austin, Texas, where she led the installation of a megawatt of solar power. She traveled nationally as an invited speaker and her work was recognized by the city with a Net Zero Hero award.
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Pittsburgh's sewer system was built in the 1800s for a much smaller city, and it's notorious for overflowing. But there's a new way to capture stormwater, hidden beneath the green grass of two new parks.
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The Liberty air quality monitor, where the exceedances were measured, is about two miles from U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the largest emitter of hydrogen sulfide in Pennsylvania.
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The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium will soon welcome visitors to its first-ever Asian Lantern Festival, featuring more than 40 glowing animal sculptures installed throughout the zoo.
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At a roundtable Wednesday on racial equity in Allegheny County, panelists said federal COVID-relief funds were supposed to go to the hardest-hit communities, but the needs of Black Pennsylvanians have not been met.
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Pittsburgh International Airport announced the completion of a new solar- and gas-powered microgrid Wednesday, the first of its kind in the world.
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The Heinz Endowments announced $10 million in new funding for Black arts in southwestern Pennsylvania. The Cultural Treasures program is part of a Ford Foundation initiative infusing more than $150 million into Black, Latinx, Asian and Indigenous arts organizations nationwide.
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A report by the environmental nonprofit Appalachian Voices finds Pennsylvania and six other states could face a new wave of abandoned mines as the coal industry declines. Abandoned mines are dangerous to human health and the environment, as they border local communities and leach acidic runoff into streams.
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The Rev. Ketlen Solak will be consecrated as the new bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh in November. Solak will be the diocese’s ninth bishop and the first Black woman to hold the role.
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The proposal, known as the Better Care Better Jobs Act, would make use of $400 billion in new spending for home and community-based services proposed under President Biden’s American Jobs Plan.
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Pittsburgh tech company Marinus Analytics won third place in IBM's X-PRIZE artificial intelligence competition Wednesday. Marinus uses AI to sift through big data and help law enforcement agencies stop human trafficking and recover victims.